New Delhi: In the wake of violence in Manipur, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today called up Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, who briefed him about the prevailing situation in the northeastern state.The Home Minister assured
New Delhi: Acknowledging the role of previous governments in the peace process in Nagaland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hoped that the successful talks with the NSCN-IM will pave the way for development in
Kolkata: The industry in West Bengal will be given incentives as the central government hopes to usher in growth in the eastern states, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Sunday."The east needs to grow... The
New Delhi: BJP today accused Congress of forcing its Chief Ministers of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh to retract statements on Naga peace accord and said it "augurs badly" for the country that the opposition
New Delhi: Amid mounting pressure from opposition Congress, the Government on Friday sought to allay fears of neighbouring states of Nagaland by assuring them that they would be consulted before the final agreement with NSCN-IM
As the details of the peace accord between the Central Government and NSCN (Isak-Muivah) remain ambiguous, parliamentarians from Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have locked horns with their counterparts from Nagaland over the possibility of altering
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today slammed the Modi government over the Naga peace accord, accusing it of not taking chief ministers of north eastern states into confidence and said it showed its "arrogance".Opening
New Delhi: Work on 12 new railway lines with a total length of 1,248 km is being taken up in the northeast, an official statement said on Tuesday."Against a national average of 20 km per 1,000
New Delhi: The Centre has sanctioned Rs 1,000 crore for laying of 15.06 km long tracks to connect Indian Railways with Bangladesh through the North East."We were informed by the Centre on Saturday that it
Agartala: Guwahati and five other cities in the northeast will be developed as solar cities to reduce dependency on conventional energy, a top official has said.Six cities - Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam, Kohima and
New Delhi: Funds to the tune of Rs 92,000 crore will be spent by the Centre on development of North East, including construction of highways and developing rail networks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today
Guwahati: A day after the Union Home Minister talked about a possible scaling down in central forces' deployment in the North East, Amnesty International today said it must lead to a rethink on the use of
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the committee constituted to review effective management of the India-Myanmar border was likely to submit its report within the next few days and the government would take
PM Modi meets Xi Jinping, says 5th meeting in a year shows depth in tiesUfa (Russia): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held discussions on bilateral ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping here and said their
Shillong: In a joint operation launched by the army and the Meghalaya Police, two Achik Matgrik Elite Force (AMEF) terrorists were killed on Sunday morning in the North Garo Hills district at the Assam-Meghalaya border.A
New Delhi: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to retain Special Category status for all North-Eastern states, emphasising that any cut in central assistance will adversely impact
New Delhi: RSS yesterday lauded the action by the Indian Army against northeast insurgents along the Myanmar border, saying it was a matter of pride for the country.The organisation also raised the contentious issue of
Kohima: Developmental aspects of the Northeast region will not be allowed to suffer because of violence, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh has asserted."We are not here
New Delhi: A Naga delegation on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and emphasised their commitment to peace in the entire Northeastern region. The six-member delegation of Naga Hoho was led by
India's northeastern states are now the most unsafe conflict theatre for security forces with 41 deaths this year.These states accounted for 23 deaths of security personnel in 2014, according to data compiled by the South
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